Et Tu, Ettore

Friedman Benda and Galerie56 are pleased to announce Et Tu, Ettore, a solo exhibition by the groundbreaking Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass (1917-2007), opening on March 19, 2025 at Galerie56, 240 Church Street, New York.

The exhibition is an intimate approach to Ettore Sottsass’ work. Lee F. Mindel, FAIA, offers an architect’s examination of another architect’s creative output. The works to be featured range in medium and time period, acting as a survey of Sottsass’ creative output. This includes rarely seen examples of his early ceramic prototypes made in the 1960s from Sottsass’ own personal collection, two of his iconic totems, and works from his Geology series produced in the early 2000s. The latter pieces in particular possess a potent kinship to the architecture of Galerie56 itself.